Health Professions Subcommittee

AMENDED REPORT

	April 2008

I.	SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY
		A.    Revise Program	Eff. Term:	Fall 2009
		B.S.	 Dental Hygiene  [134 units]
Replace undergraduate research course (DHYG 416ab [1-1], being dropped from the catalogue) with a new graduate one (DHYG 516ab, [2-2]).  Increase number of units necessary to complete the program from 132 to 134.
>	Approved

		1. New  Course				Eff. Term:	 Fall 2008
DHYG-516ab	Community Oral Health (2-2)
(a) Introduction of core concepts, values, and methods of dental public health practice as it relates to the dental hygienist; (b) Strategies for implementation and evaluation of community health programs. 
>	Approved
Revised version of syllabus for DHYG 516a with addition of epidemiology was requested and provided. NOTE: Concern was raised at the May 6th UCOC meeting about revising an undergraduate course in one program to accommodate the needs of a different graduate program that the school wants to make available to undergraduates who wish to pursue a progressive degree.  
	
		2. Terminate Course				Eff. Term:	 Summer 2008
DHYG-416ab	Community Dental Health (1-1)
Lectures and practical application of the principles of public health as related to the hygienist; involvement with oral health problems of a group of people not normally seen as patients. Lecture, 1 hour.
>	Approved

				B. Revise Program									Eff. Term Fall 2009
				O.T.D. Doctor of Occupational Therapy (60 units)			Occupational Science and 
																	Occupational Therapy
Program now requires that O.T.D.   students take 8 units from PPD outside of OT; the revision calls for permitting those 8 units from any department with advisor approval.  The PPD dean has signed off.  No course revisions, no dropped or new courses.
>	Approved

II.    KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE	Preventive Medicine
		A. New Program	Eff. Term:	 Fall 2008
		M.S.	Global Medicine [32 units]
			   Prefix of GM for new courses to be considered by registrar. Includes 11 new courses.
				   >	   Approved

	           Eleven new courses	Eff. Term:	Fall 2008
1.	GM-500	Basic Concepts in Global Health (4) Exploration of global health issues facing resource-poor societies; emphasizes contributing factors including behavioral and physiological bases, economic, social, and political context. 
	>   Approved

2.	GM-501	Critical Issues in Global Health (4) Evaluation of government and nongovernment organizations new global health responses, and critical issues affecting global health including: environment, workforce conditions, obesity, nutrition, drugs, poverty.  Prerequisite GM 500
	>	 Approved

3.	GM-502	Global Epidemiology of Diseases and Risk Factors (4) Survey of major populations’ crises and risk factors accounting for global health challenges. Evaluation of case studies of global health interventions and effective methodologies. Prerequisite GM 500 
	>	Approved

4.	GM-503L	Core Principles System I (4) Introduction to basic medical concepts and biological system functions; examination of core principles of science and medical treatment. 
	>	  Approved

5.	GM-504L	Core Principles System II (4) Continuation of concepts from GM 503: basic medical concepts and biological system functions; examination of core principles of science and medical treatment. Prerequisite: GM 503 
	>	 Approved

6.	GM-510	Global Health Modules, Malaria (2) Critical issues in international control and treatment of Malaria. Exploration of biological and epidemiological fundamentals of human parasite interaction including dynamics of transmission among populations. 
	>	 Approved

7.	GM-511	Global Health Modules, Tuberculosis (2) Exploration of biological and epidemiological fundamentals of Tuberculosis including dynamics of transmission among populations. Overview of clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of infections. 
	>	 Approved

8.	GM-512	Global Health Modules, Maternal and Child Health I (2) Biopsychosocial, cultural and economic aspects of women’s health: pregnancy, childbirth, marriage. Examination of health promotion and policy efforts to improve women’s health globally. 
	>	 Approved

9.	GM-513	Global Health Modules, Maternal and Child Health II (2) Continuation of GM512; Indepth examination of women’s health issues; health promotion and policy efforts to improve women’s health globally. Prerequisite GM  512 
	>	 Approved

10.	GM-514	Global Health Modules, Tropical Disease (2) Examination of prevalent tropical diseases: epidemiology, clinical manifestations, treatment, impact on economies of tropical countries. Key issues related to these diseases; World Health Organization responses.  Prerequisites 	GM 500; GM 501; GM 502 
	>	Approved

11.	GM-515	Global Health Modules, HIV/AIDS (2) HIV epidemiology, basic biology of transmission and pathophysiology, associated opportunistic infections, and challenges to providing care in the developing world, including government responses. Prerequisites GM 500; GM 501; GM 502 
	> Approved

KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE					Physiology and Biophysics
Terminate four courses:				Eff. Term:	Fall 2008

1.	PHBI 552abcd Advanced Physiological Methods (2-4) 
Techniques used in advanced physiology; construction and use of physiological instruments; training in surgical techniques; introduction to the use of radioisotopes in physiological investigation. Prerequisite: PHBI 581, PHBI 582, PHBI 583. 
> Approved.   

2.	PHBI 581 Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Physiology (4) 
Membrane structure, biophysical principles of transport mechanisms, epithelial function, muscle physiology, hormone-receptor interactions, hormone regulation of ion transport and gene expression, membrane biogenesis. 
> Approved.   
Is a suggested elective for the Ph.D., Molecular Edpidemiology and a prerequisite to PHBI 552a.  Dept also dropping PHBI 552abcd.  Is also a prerequisite for PHBI 650., leaving PHBI 650 with one prerequisite, BIOC 441.

3.	PHBI-582	 Endocrinology, Reproduction, and Metabolism (4) 
Systemic approach to the study of the endocrine glands, reproductive physiology and regulation of metabolic processes. Prerequisite: 581 or consent of instructor 
> Approved.   
Prerequisite to PHBI 552a, which was dropped.

4.	PHBI-583	Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Renal Physiology (4) 
Survey of cardiovascular, renal, and respiratory physiology. Suitable for physiology and medical science graduate students and biomedical engineers. Prerequisite: 581 or consent of instructor. > Approved.  
Prerequisite to PHBI 552a, which was dropped.